Land and Water Forms (Bettina)

Yto Barrada
Land and Water Forms (Bettina), 2019
Ten acrylic and gesso on cardboard
Work (each): 42.5 x 42.5 cm

Land and Water Forms is a series of paintings inspired by Montessori school practices, used to teach children about geography through visual inversion. In the works, landforms are paired and transposed — island/lake, archipelago/lake system, isthmus/canal —drawing attention to the interconnections between physical structures and substances of the earth.